[Explaining backwardation] The WTI-Brent anomaly
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How do you actually profit from a contango trade?
To understand the WTI-Brent deviations of the last year, understanding the formation of the industry’s contango trades is essential.
[Explaining backwardation] Are index funds the new swing producers?
FT Alphaville’s three-part series attempting to explain the current backwardation in the market…
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Index funds the new swing producers?
In many ways, Saudi Arabia’s position as the ultimate swing producer in the oil markets is key.
[Explaining backwardation] The curious case of super-backwardation
A heads up — This is a three-part series attempting to explain the current backwardation in the market. We will make three arguments: 1) That contango trades helped to create fake demand in 2009/2010 2) that index funds replaced Saudi Arabia as key swing players,